Success Stories:
Youth Leadership Academy
The Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) is an imaginative, multi-dimensional cognitive behavior change approach to dropout and gang violence prevention, literacy enhancement and empowering youth to become change agents in their communities.
YLA differs from most other conflict resolution and life skills programs by using technology to engage youth. The program targets youth who face many “at-risk” conditions to provide them with innovative methods of life skills and character development, computer literacy training, career development, music/video production, and web/graphic design. Instructors with a variety of professional and faith backgrounds work with youth participants in the program.
The Youth Leadership Academy contains twelve (12) Internet-based life skills modules that total approximately 120 hours of classroom time. The modules provide an interactive learning environment for youth to learn basic Life Skills that will allow them to function as contributing members of society.